Swelling of feet from meth use?

soglad
2balive

Anyone ever have this reaction to
meth... So it's been 19 months from Meth use
(insanity) and I am still recovering from dark spots on
my feet. I think at some point during my using my feet
were dying on me. But my question here is did anyone
ever experience swelling of the feet from meth use? I
haven't heard of anyone yet besides myself who dealt
with this. My feet use to get soooo swollen and I use to
have what almost looked like patches of dead blood cells
in my ankle area. My feet look sooooo much better
today-but it took me this long to recover. My toes use
to feel numb too. I also use to break out in
rashes/welts around the stomache area. I am so thankful
I don't have to deal with this crap anymore! Still have
all the scab scars on my legs-guess something had to
remain to remind me to never go back to that lifestyle!

Replies...

luve
piphany

Re: Anyone ever have this reaction to meth... hmmmmm,
I know a fairly heavy-use meth addict that seems to only
smoke and snort that has had dark patches and skin
discoloration (he's white) on his feet and ankles for
years now. I thought it was a fungus of some sort as he
also has cracking and peeling on the bottoms of his
feet. He doesn't have the common sores on his skin and
his teeth never fell out so far...I think that meth
exacerbates any weaknesses or problems that are already
existing on Turbo.

It's so hard on the vascular system and that would
explain why there might be issues at the farthest places
from the heart. I have seen a lot of pre-diabetic
symptoms in meth addicts too and lack of circulation in
the feet goes right along with that.

Of course, he's actively using so he doesn't really give
a hoot til he's ready for the hospital. Anytime I
mentioned health care he seemed to just need to run and
get high...to get the thought out of his mind.

I'm so happy you have chosen life....the after effects
may be hard to deal with, but the alternative is much
uglier.

Through sharing the crap, knowledge is gained by all and
the pains are lessened.

forget
suzette

Re: Anyone ever have this reaction to meth... I never had that.
...........I had welps. ...on my face, everytime.

and when I took my shoes off..
.....for some reason, when I slid them past the back of
my
heels...it hurt like hell.

enough to make me pause, and rub them and
think....."wtf?!"

I'm glad you quit too.

..that don't sound too good.

kcbee

Re: Anyone ever have this reaction to meth... My husband is a meth user. Has been for
almost a year now, and he too has problems with his
feet. They're incredibly dry and cracked. More so than
they've ever been. But he also has a problem with
swelling in his ankle. Not so much his feet. We were
thinking that it could be gout, so he's going to get a
blood test to check that out. But who knows? Now that I
read your symptoms, I guess it could possibly be
connected.

No spots though.

SOS
1988

cracked out My ex meth dealer had a bad looking rash as
long as i talked to her. I had a friend who got really
got cracked out for 3 months or so....his right arm got
black and red dots on it and skin came off in layers it
was nasty, it started healing as soon as he stopped and
it took months to go away.

soglad
2balive

Glad to see I'm not the only one... Guess the shiat can really do some damage
to several parts of the body/skin etc...and we still
deal with it even months/years later huh! Thanks for
sharing/your responses peeps!

The
Warden

Re: Anyone ever have this reaction to meth... Personally I had an experience one night
while high as balls. I stood in one place for nearly 10
hours with my hands above my head.
Like a good tweeker, I was cutting my hair off one
millimeter at a time. Don't ask.
Anyway, I had these really long socks on that go all the
way up to your upper thighs. When I was finished
freaking out on my hair I took them off and my legs were
purple with little white spots all over. You could see
the edema-- fluid pooled in smalls places.
Meth caused a lot of vasal constriction in me many times
and I believe that was what had happened. I could have
probably been diagnosed with COPD ten times over.
There were also times when I'd snog a big line and my
front teeth would turn blue. Instant vasal constriction.
I once had blood taken while I was using and the nurse
was suprised at how slow and thick my blood came out.
When people speak of meth mouth and say, "meth users
aren't clean and forget to brush their teeth", it
bothers the hell out of me. Meth is a vasal constrictor.
For me it was intense. People get meth mouth because the
small capillaries in your body close or die and a user
can't properly produce the natural enzymes in the mouth
to kill bacteria.
Blah.
Thats my take.

Bent
ButNot
Broken1

Re: Anyone ever have this reaction to meth... soglad-

Yes, my ankles/feet did swell when I used meth! And my
skin all over was dryer than normal-not just on my feet.

Most of the times when the swelling would occur were
when I wasn't up moving as much as normal. I did a LOT
of studying while smoked up. I'm sure I'd lose track of
how long I'd been sitting--thus, the swollen
ankles/feet. This has gone away since quitting meth for
me.

The dry skin-lack of proper hydration while smoking
meth. This too has resolved itself since I quit meth.

If it's still occuring after quitting meth, IMHO I'd be
seeing an MD. Don't let things like this go unattended
as there are many things that could be causing them.
Take good care of you. Let us know how things are going,
okay?

Hugs, Love, and Prayers

Brn7
more

Re: Anyone ever have this reaction to meth... Sometimes after being up for a couple of
days tweeking and doing whatever....the tips of my
fingers would get so sensitive that it would hurt
whenever I touched anything.

kpc
houston

Re: Anyone ever have this reaction to meth... Some of the descriptions listed about the
rashes on feet could be a staff infection or even
syphilis.

Cracked and dry skin most likely is a sign of
dehydration.

missy
buns

Re: Anyone ever have this reaction to meth... I remember experiencing an episode where my
feet swelled up so much I couldn't put shoes on and
could barely walk.

I didn't want to tell my mom I was on drugs...so I let
her think it was a uric acid problem (gout) which it may
have been just that....so she looked up something in
Prevention Magazine and gave me the CURE.

It said to take black cherry extract...pill form can get
it in any vitamin store. It's about 13 dollars per
bottle.

I took a double the recommended dose for two days and it
went completely away. I mean it was GONE. It was amazing
and worked within 24 to 48 hours. Talk about a relief!!

Penel0pe

Re: Anyone ever have this reaction to meth...

My legs and feet are so screwed up NOW that I am not
using I've been in physical therapy for a year. You
know, when I was high I never sat down... and my heels
were always a disaster area (which gave me something
ELSE to tweek on - PEDICURES FROM HELL!!!)

I had all the tools for sheering off the horrible layers
of cracked, horror show heel skin, the sanding blocks,
the axle grease - like substances, none of which seemed
to really cure the problem...

So, yeah, come to think of it, my feet were pretty awful
then and now... they look better now, they just don't
work that good these days.

brnee77

Re: Anyone ever have this reaction to meth... i had the same reaction my feet would swell
and turn puple every time i used.

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